Rising Tuition in the US
Every spring, US university administrators gather to discuss the next
academic year’s budget. They consider faculty salaries, utility costs for
dormitories, new building needs and repairs to old ones. They run the numbers
and conclude—it seems, inevitably—that, yet again, the cost of tuition must go
up.
According to the US’s College Board, the price of attending
a four-year private university in the US rose 81 percent between 1993 and
2004．{{U}} (46) {{/U}} In 2005 and 2006, the numbers continued to
rise.
According to university officials, college cost increases
are simply the result of balancing university checkbooks. "Tuition increases at
Cedarville University are determined by our revenue needs for each year. " said
the university’s president, Dr Bill Brown. "Student tuition pays for 78 percent
